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Hart has the third-largest share of homes in band F (16.8%) of the 296 councils in England. It also has the joint second-largest share of homes with four or more bedrooms (31.6%) and the seventh-largest share of detached houses (35.2%) of the 318 councils in England and Wales. Among the 64 councils in the South East, it has the joint third-smallest share of two-bedroom homes (22.2%) and the third-largest share of homes built from 1965 to 1982 (28.2%).

One street of 100 homes: colour shows the band, shape the typeA2B6C23D23E19F17G9H1FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalowCaravanColour shows the band, shape the typeA2B6C23D23E19F17G9H1FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalowCaravan

The homes cluster in the middle bands

The homes in Hart gather in the middle of the ladder: bands C to E hold 65.4%, with band C the largest single band (23.5%). The middle home on the list is in band D. The share in bands A and B, 7.9%, is 35.2 points below the figure for England as a whole. Across the South East it is 25.3%. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run C, D, E, F, G, B, A and H. Band H, the top band, holds 260 homes. Within the South East, the band mix closest to this one is that of Mid Sussex.

Share of homes in each bandA1.8%B6.1%C23.5%D22.7%E19.2%F16.8%G9.4%H0.6%HartSouth EastEngland

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (37.9%) are the most common size, then four-bedroom (25.1%) and two-bedroom. Homes here average 3.00 bedrooms, more than the 2.66 for England. Band climbs with size: the middle home is in band B with one bedroom, band C with two, band D with three, band F with four and band G with five. One-bedroom homes make up 8.3%. A detached house here has 3.9 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.6.

Homes by bedrooms, where recorded1 bedroom8.3%2 bedrooms22.2%3 bedrooms37.9%4 bedrooms25.1%5 bedrooms5.4%6+ bedrooms1.1%

The 1960s and 1970s built the most

Share of homes by build period; red line: England6%Before19003%1900–19184%1919–193916%1945–196428%1965–198218%1983–199912%2000–201512%2016–2026Share of homes by build period; red line: England6%<19003%19004%191916%194528%196518%198312%200012%2016

The biggest building periods here were from 1965 to 1982, from 1983 to 1999 (18.5%) and from 1945 to 1964 (15.9%). Homes from before 1919 make up 8.4%, 11.5 points below the share for England. Some 5,070 homes were built from 2016 to 2026. The middle home built from 2016 to 2026 is in band D, the same as the middle home built before 2016. Bands A and B take 13.8% of these newer homes and 7.1% of the older ones. Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 240 homes (+0.56%). Homes from the three largest building periods share the same middle band, band D. The busiest single year was 2021, with 660 homes recorded as built.

Bands of homes built 2016 to 2026, and beforeBuilt 2016 to 2026BCDEFGBuilt before 2016CDEFG

Detached houses are the largest group

The largest group of homes in Hart is detached houses, followed in turn by terraced houses (20.0%), semi-detached houses (19.1%), flats and maisonettes (15.1%) and bungalows (9.0%). The typical home of each type sits in band F for detached houses, band D for bungalows, band D for semi-detached houses, band C for flats and maisonettes and band C for terraced houses. The widest gap to the rest of the South East is in flats and maisonettes: 8.5 points below the share there (23.6%). The list also counts 370 caravans, houseboats and mobile homes. The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to East Hampshire, followed by Monmouthshire and Uttlesford.

Share of all homes; each type split by bandFlats and maisonettes15.1%BCDTerraced houses20.0%CDESemi-detached houses19.1%CDEDetached houses35.2%EFGBungalows9.0%CDEFCaravans and mobile homes0.9%A

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Hart are Wandsworth (12.2), Bromley (13.0) and East Hertfordshire (14.3); the furthest within the South East is Southampton (115.0).

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Placed in the South East

On the share of homes in band F or above, Hart comes 10th of the 64 councils in the South East, just behind Epsom and Ewell and just ahead of Horsham. All South East councils.

Share of homes in band F or aboveHart 27%2%40%